Title :
Pulse delay and speed-up of ultra fast pulses in an absorbing quantum well medium
Author :
Hansen, Per Lunnemann ; van der Poel, Mike ; Yvind, Kresten ; Mork, Jesper
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun., Opt., & Mater., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
Abstract :
Slow down and speed-up of 180 fs pulses in an absorbing semiconductor beyond the existing models is observed. Cascading gain and absorbing sections give us significant temporal pulse shifting at almost constant output pulse energy.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; semiconductor quantum wells; absorbing quantum well medium; absorbing sections; absorbing semiconductor; cascading gain; pulse delay; temporal pulse shifting; time 180 fs; ultra fast pulses; Delay; Distortion measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical buffering; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; 250.5530; 250.5980;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
